Thalia’s passion for writing can be traced to the 1st grade when they wrote their first story about taking a rocket to the moon. Since then, they’ve written many allegorical tales about vulnerability and healing. A first-generation Afro-Caribbean Canadian born in Toronto, Canada, Thalia is a storyteller by heart. Currently working on a Master of Fine Arts at Vermont College of Fine Arts for Writing for Children and Young Adults, Thalia has been a Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow in ‘23 within the Young Adult cohort and is working on their first novel, backward kismet. Thalia loves all things savoury, creepy, and insightful and enjoys spending endless hours with their dog, Margot.
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This writing class will briefly examine how race and racism has been used to oppress the lives of Black, Indigenous and other racialized peoples. Participants will also explore how the lack of authentic representations in stories impacts the reader - specifically the young reader - regardless of their own race. This class asks participants to
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